A/N: Just a little poem from Kyo's POV about his mother. I tried to make it sound childlike. I also know this isn't how it actually happened. Please read and review. We writers have to get better somehow :)
Mother, Mother
Mother, Mother
I love you so much.
Mother, Mother
Why do you shy away from my touch?
Mother, Mother
Why do you need to check my wrist every day?
I won't ever hurt you
Why do you look like you want to run away?
Mother, Mother
Don't find out what I did.
I went outside today
An act which you forbid.
Mother, Mother
Please don't cry.
I won't do it again
I'll always stay nearby.
Mother, Mother
Can I have a hug?
Please don't look so scared
Don't treat me like a bug.
Mother, Mother
Why is there a knife in your hand?
Why do you hold it like a weapon?
I don't understand.
Mother, Mother
There's so much blood.
You're lying in a puddle of it
Where you fell with a thud.
Mother, Mother
Do you know how much it hurts me?
Why do you need to smile while you die?
Can't you hear my silent plea?
Mother, Mother
I'm sorry I was born the Cat.
Please don't hate me
I'm not perfect, I'm not the Rat.
Mother, Mother
Please don't leave.
I thought you loved me
Was it all a joke to make me believe?
Mother, Mother
I can hear father at the door.
I'm afraid of what he'll do now that you're gone
It shakes me to the core.
Mother, Mother
I hear him call your name.
He finds us in the kitchen
Disgust and fear shake his frame.
Mother, Mother
He was too fast.
I ran into his legs
I couldn't make it passed.
Mother, Mother
He beat me while he screamed.
I've never seen him so angry, I couldn't get away
I closed my eyes and dreamed.
Mother, Mother
He chased me outside.
I'm running now
I need a place to hide.
Mother, Mother
A group of people bring me to a halt.
They surround me on all sides while I scream
It's not my fault, it's not my fault!
Mother, Mother
I got away.
I ran into a grey eyed man
With hair a silver grey.
Mother, Mother
He smiled at me.
I didn't know what to do
I was the Cat, a monster he should flee.
Mother, Mother
He took me in.
He's going to teach me martial arts,
He's going to teach me how to win.
Mother, Mother
It's been twelve years since that day.
I stand before your grave
The memories just won't go away.
Mother, Mother
I brought you a present.
You recognize these beads, don't you?
It's okay, there is no change to prevent.
Mother, Mother
The curse is gone.
A very kind girl helped us
She gave us her love to depend on.
Mother, Mother
It feels so strange.
I could have hugged you now
And I wouldn't change.
Mother, Mother
It's too late now.
If only you had stayed
If only I could have helped you through it somehow.
Mother, Mother
I still love you so much.
Mother, Mother
Why did you have to shy away from my touch?
A/N: Like it? Hate it? I want to know what you think! Please R&R. by the way I made Kyo six when his mother died so he's eighteen at the grave, in case you wanted to know :P